COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is reading research based article about dynamics of intergroup relations, intergroup conflicts, and intergroup contact with students in classroom. In this course research articles about intergroup relations will be examined. This course will offers a critical engagement with major theories in intergroup relations such as social identity theory, self-categorisation theory, and intergroup conflict theory, intergroup contact theory. It considers how social categorisation leads to prejudice and discrimination, how prejudice can be reduced, how minorities can influence social change, why intractable conflicts are hard to solve, helping in an intergroup context, how people behave in crowds, how crossgroup friendships are formed, how crossgroups integration maintain in host environment. It further explores applications of the social psychology of intergroup relations in real life settings. The focus in this course will be reading and examining research based article.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Allport, G. W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Cambridge, MA: Addison-Wesley.
2. Bar-Tal, D. (2011). Intergroup conflicts and their resolution: A social psychological perspective. New York: psychology Press.
3. Brewer, B. M. (2003). Intergroup relations (2nd edit.). New York: Open University Press.
4. Brown, It., & Hewstone, M. (2005). An integrative theory of intergroup contact. Advances in Experimented Social Psychology. 37, 255-343.
5. Davies, K., Tropp, L. R., Aron, A., Pettigrew, T. F., & Wright, S. C. (2011). Cross-group friendships and intergroup attitudes: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, 332-351. doi:10.1177/1088868311411103
6. Dovidio, F. J., Gaertner, L. S., and Saguy, T. (2007). Another view of ``we : Majority and minority group perspectives on a common ingroup identity. European Revıew Of Socıal Psychology, 18, 296 330

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Answer-Question
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm and final examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance must be at least 70% for the lectures.
2. Attendance to the lectures and discussions will be considered in the assessment

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

abbas.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes